River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-14
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

kilograms We're sent from Fort Glib
son. Indian Territory, April S, showing that
Alr. Blaine visiting his daughter there, was
quite i'll. The following dispatch was re
ceived by the Associated Press at st Louis,
at 80 p m, Friday from the Command
ant of the post az Fort Gibson Mr.. Blaine
/ Is suffering from bronchial ca.arrh, with fe-
yer Of remlttent type He sleeps Well and
/ has no typhoid symptoms His respiration
/ Is nOrmal-Ifteen per minute. The latest
/ information from Fort Gibson IS that Mr.
/ Blaine vas quite unweu when the train ar
rived ut Gibson station ON Sunday night.
/ that he did not go over 10 the fort until the
next DAY that he has been III with bad
cold since then, but that he viii leave for
/ the North tomorrow. i Is not stated
/ where he Will go nor what his future move
ments VIII be
At the Interstate Commerce Com
mission on Thursday upon petition of the De
| troit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee r. r.. sus-
pended the longand short haul clause of the
act for gUdays in so far as II applies TO traffic
I takeuacross Lake Michigan 20 Grand Haven
and destined TO points east Of Detroit and
St Clair rivers, upon similar conditions To
those granted the Southern Railway q
Steamship Association. An application
Of the steamship lines and the merchants
of Boston 10 authorize the trunk lines of
railroads from Chicago to Boston 10 con
tinue the expert trade ON tie same basis as
heretofore, giving eqDal rates with New
York on al merchandise exported, has
been referred 10 Commissioner Walker for
investigation. who has gone TO Boston for
that purpose.
For some time past K. If. Hayes,
editor of the Globe and proprietor of the
stationery store at HagerstoWn, Maryland,
3 sHa-
stealing from the store He suspected A.
l.. EOwser, who had been in his employ 10
wears Tuesday night he and companion
secreted themselves in tie store About L
O'Clock they saw Bows enter from the
printing office al john 3 and extract the
contents of the cash drawer. Hayes struck
a light and called ON the rohber 10 sur
render. when Bowser crew a revolver and
shot himself through the head, dying
almost instantly BE wser, who was uluci
respected, leaves wife and three children
senator Leland Stanford. also Presi-
ideut Of the Southern Pacific K. r. says. re
garding the effect Of tie 4th section of the
Interstate Comm crce act. upon the com
merce Of san Francisco: THE literal en-
forcement oI the fourth section of the inter
state commerce law would Ice simply ruin
Gus IL would destroy our commerce, not
only with China and Japan. but with Aus
. LELall anu All NALlE Ef41AE4t-7 r. AaEAt AAlt
trade naturally comes 20 Us 10y way Of the
Pacific ocean. The through freight business
Is but SMALL proportion. probably not
more than T. per cent 81 our whole carrying
trade IL Is upon our local business we de
pend for profit This may be said Of all
roads and D. true of evey road that reaches
"a the Pacific coast.
Al the city election in Chicago ON
the 9th, the Carter Harrison socialistic
combine was defeated by a union Of Re
puhlicans and Democrats upon the ticket
nominated 10y the Republicans with John
\. Roche for Mayor Tie total vote for
Mavor. was Roche. Rep, 5l.u>s. Nelson,
so-iulist = SO. kOChe's majority -N,3il,
The labor party excited cIe alderman m
the 9Th ward and the Democrats their can
didate for alderman ~ the second ward
The Democratic candidate Tor assessor IN
the North Town was elected. with these
exceptions tine Republicans elected all their
tickets.
Hon D. Wyatt Aiken. late repre-
sentative in Congress from South Carolina,
died at Cokesburv. y. e.. April q. aged
-. He had been iil for long time and a
severe fan received during the Forty eighth
/ Congress compelled his removal 70 his
home. which lie was unable 20 leave 90 at
tend the sessions az the Forty-LiHth Con
gress. He was for i've successive terms
elected'tO congress
The business failures for the last
sevon days number for the United States
IgS. for Canada -. total 233, against 223
last week and 2l5 the corresponding week of
last wear. Failures in an sections Of the
country are about up 20 the average.
except IN New Y ork city, where the assign
. important.
Theatrical people are greatly eX-
cited al the advanced cost imposed on them
by the Interstate Commerce law. IN extra
baggage and transportation charges. and
will ask the Commission 20 suspend, Tor
this season. the operation Il the law. which,
as interpreted by the railroads brings great
hardship on them.
The latest returns from Michigan
slow the election Of the Republican state
ticket. 10y about 1000 plurality. The de-
feat of the prohibition constitution
amendment is claimed by 5000 t. l5,UJO.
The salary amendment carried by a
moderate majority.
A case Of small pox WAS developed at
Chicago. on tie 9Th, being one Of ninety
Italian immigrants, VINO arrived in this
country April !. and went direct to Chicago
from New York. The authorities are ON the
E -A-NA - ~ N-lAt e---e 'A'-Ne@N- - NA-r
1t has finally settled down that the
prohibition amendment to the Michigan
Constitution is defeated 10y Boo. Wayne
county. detroit city, gave -2.3if majority
against the amendment
At Harrisyille. W Va. on the Sih
the boiler Of William Morris saw mill ex-
ploded. killing J. Scott F. Lindsay. G. y.
Williamson and one unknown man, and
injuring three others
At Cincinnati. Ohio. the Republicans
elected their Mayor, Amor Smith, and en-
tire City ticket. the Labor party ranking
second and the Democrats forming the
third party.
At Minneapolis. Kansas. April ,
Mrs. Lucy johnson, wife of \ ssociate
Justice johnson of the state supreme court
was elected to the board of education.
on the 9th the Maumcc Rolling
works at Toledo, Ohio. burned. Loss SOD,
COO.
Toledo. Oh;o. elected the Repub-
Iican city ticket at the Monday election.
At Kansas City, No. TIE Repub-
Leans elected their entire city ticket